Rumor: Call of Duty a launch title

by David Hinkle { Mar 29th 2006 at 8:00PM }

Got next is reporting that one of their GN spy pirates (we imagine a scruffy, peg-legged man brandishing a PP7 and preferring his rum stirred rather than shaken ) that "an upcoming entry in Activision's Call of Duty series will be the first third-party FPS title released using the unique capabilities of the Nintendo Revolution controller." Up until this point, the news is filled with promise and excites of a possible Call of Duty 2 port that effectively uses the Revolution's remote to create a more dramatic and energetic experience than the already founded excellence of the title. Of course, this is until you read down further and read that none other than Exakt Entertainment is developing this supposed title.

Exakt's track record isn't the best, porting over arguably the worst versions of True Crimes: Streets of L.A. and X-Men: Next Dimension to the GameCube (games that really weren't that great on any console). Then there's Call of Duty: Finest Hour, which admittedly wasn't terrible, but came nowhere near what kind of experience the original Call of Duty and its expansion United Offensive provided.

Tags: activision, call, duty, exakt, nintendo, revolution

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Wirel @ Mar 30th 2006 3:18AM

This is why bringing consoles more inline with PC's is a bad idea. Consoles have remained largely immune to the "ship it, we can patch it later" business model. Now with the advent of consoles with hard drives, internet etc... The same business practice will continue.

Loban @ Mar 30th 2006 3:27PM

This kind of news doesn't get me excited. I don't care about ports and sequels and crap like that. I want new games, new experiences, that's why i'm getting a Revolution.

Granted, I need my mario/zelda/metroid fix, but thankfully Nintendo is so ridiculously talented they can make each iteration of these franches incredibly good.

But please I don't need Final Fantasy 18 or Grand Theft Auto 5 on my Revolution.

Ben @ Mar 30th 2006 9:49PM

Well, to look on the bright side, since the GC and Rev are supposedly so similar, maybe Exact's experience with the GC will help them do a better port to the Rev.

Branewalker @ Mar 31st 2006 8:22AM

The PP7 is the unliscensed name Rare came up with. The actual Bond weapon is a Walther PPK, afaik.

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